Comments on: Thriller Thursday: When the Killer Speaks

By: Eden

Eden — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:40 +0000

Now I have to go find that biography of his…

(as for the example… don’t you love how fiction can make us look at ourselves even more deeply than reality can?)

By: Valentine Logar

Valentine Logar — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:06:38 +0000

I will have to watch this, not because I am interested in him but I am interested in her. I think he must have let her go because he couldn’t put her in the same box with the others. She didn’t approach him, she wasn’t “bad” in the moral sense he had applied to his other victims. Perhaps he was ready to stop, ready for it to end thus, the change.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:58:23 +0000

In reply to Kassandra Lamb. Very true. Thanks for stopping by, Kass.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:58:11 +0000

In reply to Julie Glover. She really is. Her interview was so inspiring. There is no guilt, no bitterness, just honesty. And she has devoted herself to helping other victims, went on to lead a normal life.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:57:32 +0000

In reply to Eden. That's very true, Eden. He did believe they were bad people, and that is partially because of his upbringing. If I recall, his mother had a revolving door of men among other issues. What a great example, too! Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:56:15 +0000

In reply to Catie Rhodes. I wondered if you did. He just really bothered me. Bundy is about the only other one I've seen interviewed that truly gave me the creeps, and it was because of his ability to charm. Me too! That is real justice.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:29 +0000

In reply to Cheryl B. Dale. He really was. It's the normalcy that terrifies me. Thanks!

By: Kassandra Lamb

Kassandra Lamb — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:47:57 +0000

Amen, Julie! That took an amazing amount of self-control and quick thinking.

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:21:43 +0000

And Lisa McVey is now a hero to me. It must have been so hard to exert self-control and keep her wits about her like that. Good for her. Who knows how many future lives she saved?

By: Eden

Eden — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:16 +0000

It’s all about motivation. The reason Booby Joe could seem so reasonable and “nice” was because he was convinced he wasn’t hurting good people–he was hurting “bad people”. He may have known in an academic sense that he was wrong for doing what he did, but just like the kindly fathers who participated in lynchings in the U.S. South post Civil War or the friendly Serbian families who laughed it up with reporters over beers during the 1990s… Something allowed them to believe they were doing a good and decent thing in killing that “other”… that person who wasn’t like them be it for skin color, religious faith, etc.

I’m reminded of a scene in a Doctor Who episode: Boom Town. The whole Slitheen thing annoys me, but there is a lot to be said for the discussion between the Doctor and Margaret in the Bistro. (here’s a transcript link: http://www.chakoteya.net/doctorwho/27-11.htm ) It fits a lot about why Bobby Joe allowed Lisa to get away.